I was retained by the State of Oklahoma concerning its investigation of poultry waste disposal in the Illinois River Watershed (IRW). My experience and expertise was sought in the matter of microbial contamination of water bodies, its possible...

The Middle Arkansas Watershed Planning Region includes eight basins (numbered 49 and 73-79 for reference). The region is primarily in the Central Lowland physiography province and encompasses 5,173 square miles in northeastern Oklahoma, spanning...

Many landowners wish to understand the role of food plots in wildlife man­agement. Therefore, we created this guide to provide basic ecology for select game species, as well as science-based and realistic information on how food plots may relate.;...

Tracking the Chicks...; A Few Words from the Executive director...; Bioblitz 2002 by Dan L. Reinking; 2002 Eagle news by M. Alan Jenkins; An Evening with National Geographic's Joel Sartore by Becky dixon; ...in the shortgrass prairies of New...

The Eufaula Watershed Planning Region includes one basin (Basin 48). The region includes portions of the Central Lowland and Ouachita physiography provinces, encompassing 3,223 square miles in east-central Oklahoma, covering portions of Okmulgee,...

The purpose of the Grade 8 Reading test is to measure Oklahoma eighth-grade students’ level of proficiency in reading. On the test, students are required to respond to a variety of items linked to the standards of the eighth-grade reading content...

The geologic map of the Bethany quadrangle was compiled from detailed field mapping and field investigations by the authors. The geology was manually constructed onto a modern 7.5¢ topographic quadrangle for ultimate publication at a scale of...

An effective cotton integrated pest management (IPM) program includes all aspects of production. This report contains summarized data from various applied research trials and demonstrations that address many different cotton production components....

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is pleased to send you a copy of the 2011 Annual Summary of Infectious Diseases. The information contained in this report consolidates summaries of communicable disease surveillance and investigations...

The 2007 Supplemental Field Investigation Work Plan (EMC2, 2007a) was prepared to outline procedures for performing additional characterization at the Collinsville Zinc Smelter Site (CZS) located near Collinsville, Oklahoma. That Work Plan included...

Adopted by the Intermodal Policy Committee and endorsed by the Board of Directors of the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments on April 28, 2011; Approved in April 2011, Encompass 2035 is the comprehensive, long-range transportation plan for...

Governor Mary Fallin’s FY-2013 budget consists of the following two documents.; This document is the larger of the two and includes detailed historical financial information about each agency of state government. The information is arranged by...

This report, consistent with the authority of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as stated in Title 82 Oklahoma Statutes Section 1085.2,
is concerned with urban and domestic water conservation. It is intended to provide public water suppliers, both...

As child care providers, we know that one of your most important roles is to do all that you can to keep every child in your care healthy and safe. This handbook will help you by providing up-to-date information on health and safety issues.; The...

"Our emphasis is on quality vocational education." From the Director "In Search of Excellence" has been an extremely popular phrase during the last few years, but I believe those four words aptly describe the philosophy of Oklahoma's vocational and...

The purpose of the Grade 6 Reading Test is to measure Oklahoma sixth-grade students’ level of proficiency. On the test, students are required to respond to a variety of items linked to the sixth grade reading content standards identified in the...

The geologic map of the Britton quadrangle was compiled from detailed field mapping and field investigations by the authors. The geology was manually constructed onto a modern 7.5¢ topographic quadrangle for ultimate publication at a scale of...

This manual is a safety guide for the dam owner. The continuing need for dam safety is critical because of the thousands of dams now in place and the many new ones being built each year. Although these dams are essential elements of the national...

Crop Situation Update Much of the 2012 Oklahoma cotton acreage is heading into difficult times. Based on Jerry Goodson's IPM field surveys, nearly all surveyedfields are at the bloom stage with a few planted fields still not quite there yet.; 2012...

Project Objective: Recover the Red-cockaded Woodpecker population on the McCurtain County Wilderness Area to 45 active clusters by implementing the procedures outlined in the 1991 McCurtain County Wilderness Area Implementation Plan.

An earlier version of this guidebook was released in 1969 under the same title by the Ardmore Geological Society as a guide to an AGS field trip directed by Robert O. Fay. The original guidebook being sold out, the Oklahoma Geological Survey and...

What is the State Incident-Based Reporting System? The State Incident-Based Reporting System (SIBRS) is an online records management system maintained by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The webbased program is available to jurisdictions...

The primary goals of this research were these: (1) finding safe, reliable, and cost-effective ways to harvest the energy of vehicular traffic to permit power to be delivered to essential electrical systems along Oklahoma highways (2) Deploying the...

Foliage diseases of conifers can be of great importance to the survival and general vigor of these trees in Oklahoma. The green needles of conifers often represent several years of growth and the tree depends upon all of these needles for its...

This latest revision of the Infection Prevention and Control Manual addresses current issues pertaining to infection control and employee health within settings unique to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.